The Anatomy of Mortals

[Helene]

Helene, its time to return.
"How exactly am I supposed to go back? My body has maggots all out and through it."
Through your tree.

Over the field of flowers, a tall maple tree stands, its leaves swinging in the wind. Its absolutly huge at the base and impossibly tall. Helene and Marggie walk towards it. From far away, it looked huge. Up close, it looks gigantic.
"Through it? As in..."
Yep. Walk through it. You will fall from it like ripe fruit from a tree and be reborn.
"So wait. If its that easy, why haven't you done it, Marggie?"
I was supposed to die. You saw my tree wither and die away.
"Thats true. Aunt, I will miss you."
As will I. But please, try not to die anymore. Atleast, until your time.
Helene smiles and starts to walk to the tree.
"That, Aunt Marggie, I can't promise."
Good Bye, dear!
Helene hesitates and looks back for her aunt, but she is already gone. She looks at the tree infront of her and sticks her hand out to touch it. It feels strong to the touch. She presses on it and her hand moves through it. Helene takes one more look back at Limbo then walks into the tree.

[Valodya Bassarov]

"It is strange that I have moral qualms with drinking. Forgive my off kiltered sense of personal morality. It makes me very boring to spend time with in this sort of atmosphere." Bassarov orders just a diet coke.

"As for being distant, I don't mean to be. I think I have discussed this before with you, but somehow I get the impression that feminists don't like me. I think it is all in my head, but spending time with feminists makes me feel guilty." He admits.

[Elisabeth "BB" Wolfe]

"Bassarov, my friend, I think that is just your own concience telling you about your womanizing ways. I don't judge you. You have to judge yourself. Well, unless you've started believing in God or something," BB says, as she downs a shot of vodka.

"You already know I run on electricity and alchohol, and not in a metaphorical sense. I've been meaning to get my digestive system upgraded. This is the only place where I can down hard liquor and not look like some sort of wino," BB says after she finishes.

"I guess if I was capable of getting drunk in a traditional sense, or didn't drink for sustinence, I would view drinking differently."

BB pauses, and orders another shot.

"Hey, remember that time Mischa tried to challenge me to a drinking contest?"

[Eliza Cady]

Eliza wipes away her tears and gets out of bed. Okay, enough mourning. Its time to take a course of action. She brushes her teeth since her breath taste like nuts. Her head is still sore from when Keito punched her after she bit him, but she is overall okay. She steps into her 10th shower and realizes she had scrubbed her skin raw. She turns to water to cold and sits under the spray to mutter to herself. Its not the end of the world... its not the end of the world... I don't hate men for this. I just hate Red Infinity and Lady Violet even more.

[Calithin]

"I would regret pain... I would regret having unnessisary feelings just to be able to have a good moment or two. I cannot convince myself it's worth it. I would rather be empty than... I donno, scarred. Imperfect."

*I shake my head.*

"I am more comfortable now, not quite as on edge. Not quite as held back. Since I came back and all. It won't quite go away though, the feeling; and I'm sorry for that. I will probably never be a very warm, open person. All I can do is walk in inches. So we'll probably never get where we're going, but atleast this way we have alot of time to enjoy the trip."

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov tries to think back to that story. There are so many drinking stories involving Mischa that he really can't remember them all. He doesn't even know or want to know half of them. He smiles for a moment, then his expression grows a little darker.

"Oh yes, I remember...but..sometimes I worry about Mischa, he drinks more than most people are aware. I know that he does it to deal with certain conflict or stuff out certain emotions. But maybe I am over reacting."

[Andrew Kasher]

"So... um.... do... do you want to uh... go to the boat now?" Andrew asks, the atmosphere in the room growing awkward.

"I think.. I think I'd like to meet a wisdom fish."

[Hope98]

"Pain moulds me. It builds depth and a quietude of personality. You can stand still and understand the world. Sometimes it is good to be branded by life's sufferings. At least it is good for me. I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't know suffering of one sort or another."

I look down.

"But in the end, you won't be the one who suffers as much. I don't mind. You can brand me. You can scar me. In the end I will survive and be made more fully human."

[Elijah Debs]

"Sure, we can do that." Elijah leads Andrew outside and both get onto the pontoon boat he created the other day. Elijah hands Andrew a rod.

"Just cast a line and wait. Sometimes the wisdom fish bite or don't bite depending on how philosophical they are feeling."

[Elisabeth "BB" Wolfe]

BB looks a little more solemn.

"Yeah, he does drink a bit much sometimes," she admits.

BB doesn't feel like talking about anything depressing right now.

"So... want to play a game of proletariat pictionary when we get back to your apartment? I bet I will still totally own your ass after all this time."

In truth Bassarov is a much better artist than BB. BB is just teasing him.

"Hey, did you hear about the 'proletariat prom' they're having? Is that bullnuts or what? They should just call it a royal ball and get it over with."

[Akka]

Akka sits in her office, sulking. Whats on T.V is total bull. All those "eyewitnesses" are operatives of Red Infinity. It makes her sick to know Lin-Sat would maim the feminist then turn around to maim the hell out of Violet. But she is a strong woman. Maybe thats why she survived. Akka decides to teleport the short distance to Ukko's office and appears, sitting, infront of him.

Did you know this was going to happen?

[Valodya Bassarov]

"Sure, I would love for you to beat me at pictionary." Bassarov's eyes light up. He loves this game.

"Really, proletariat prom? That sounds a little high school-ish to me. Hmm...interesting."

Bassarov gets up.

"Well, when you are ready, let's go back and play pictionary. Zero is actually very good at it."

[Natalis]

Natalis looked at him. "The Ministry of Terror?" Natalis looked at him confused.

[Lady Blue]

I wake up feeling better than I have since I visited the feminists. I put on a clean outfit, quickly and haphazardly brush my hair and walk back into the Eternal Light building.

[Cephrien]

Ceph put one arm out as if he was holding something and smiled nervously. "..It's abit hard to explain.. maybe Lady Violet can tell you about it when she gets better... but for now.. you should get some rest..." He said.